NYON, SWITZERLAND (AP) - CSKA Moscow will play Bayern Munich in a partly closed stadium as punishment for fans racially abusing Manchester City players at a Champions League match.

UEFA’s disciplinary panel found the Russian champions guilty Wednesday for their fans’ “racist behavior” during City’s 2-1 win in Moscow last week, and applied the UEFA-recommended sanction for a club’s first offense.

In a separate investigation, UEFA cleared the Romanian referee over a failure of UEFA protocol to broadcast a stadium announcement warning fans about their behavior. Instead, a UEFA stadium official has been fired.

“The venue director acted inappropriately, though in good faith, so causing the failure in the activation of the first step of the standard procedure, as decided by the referee,” UEFA said in a statement.

CSKA’s punishment applies to Section D at Arena Khimki when defending champion Bayern visits on Nov. 27. CSKA is the ninth club to be punished by UEFA this season for racist behavior by fans at Champions League or Europa League matches after tougher penalties were agreed upon in May.

The club can appeal the closure, and UEFA can appeal to impose a tougher sanction.

“All forms of racist behavior are considered serious offences against the disciplinary regulations and are punished with the most severe sanctions,” UEFA said in a statement.

The club and senior Russian soccer officials have denied any racial abuse happened, and suggested a British conspiracy against the 2018 World Cup host.

Dinamo Zagreb and Legia Warsaw are repeat offenders and were ordered to play one match in an empty stadium. Six clubs had partial closures imposed for first offenses: Lazio, APOEL Nicosia, Honved, Lech Poznan, Piast Gliwice and Rijeka.

UEFA did not fine CSKA, which has already earned prize money of $11.8 million just for qualifying for the group stage.

UEFA opened a disciplinary case based on a formal complaint by City, and reports from Hategan and match delegate Tormod Larsen of Norway.

However, UEFA President Michel Platini requested an internal inquiry involving the referee to examine why guidelines were not followed to respond to discrimination during matches.

“The referee immediately asked the fourth official to request an announcement to be made to the public,” UEFA said. “The venue director (the UEFA officer in charge of soccer operations), who had not heard the chanting himself, did not activate the procedure.

“As the chanting had ceased, the referee decided to resume the game with the free kick,” UEFA said. “The UEFA venue director at the Arena Khimki has been relieved of his duties.”